Microsoft has started renaming the Microsoft Health application to "Microsoft Band", on the heels of talk that Microsoft is likely phasing out its Band fitness device line. WinBeta noted that ...

For all its promise and potential, the original Microsoft Band wasn't exactly a runaway hit. It's OK -- they can't all be winners. Even more surprising than the Band's existence in the first place is ...

Microsoft has sold out of its Band 2 activity tracker and has no immediate plans to replace it, the company said this week. The device disappeared from Microsoft’s website on Monday. Later, the ...

You really can't accuse Microsoft of phoning it in when it built the original Band. Between jamming 10 different sensors into a glorified wristband and creating a new health platform to interpret your ...

Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a variety of publications, including ZDNet, eWeek and Baseline. She is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in ...

Microsoft plans to license its Microsoft Band smartwatch technology to other manufacturers, with an emphasis on the sensors powering them, a company representative said Friday. Whether Microsoft plans ...

Microsoft introduced the new Microsoft Band less than two months ago with some highly-requested features that set it apart from the standard activity-tracker crowd. Today, the Band is getting a few ...

Microsoft has scrubbed its online store of its Band wearable fitness tracking device, and it is unclear if Microsoft plans to make a new version any time soon. GeekWire Summit 2016 speaker Mary Jo ...